Blue lettuce
Lactuca tatarica pulchella
Summary 6
Lactuca tatarica, commonly known as blue lettuce, mountain lettuce, or perennial lettuce, is a perennial herbaceous flowering plant that is part of the daisy family. The leaves grow close to the ground and the flowers consist of 20 purple of blue petals.
Botanical Information 7
The Blue lettuce scientific name is Lactuca tatarica pulchella. This plant grows mainly in Alaska, Canada, California, New Mexico and Georgia. It grows 1 to 2.5 m tall with a big strong taproot because they consume a lot of water. It blooms in July-September. It has blue flowers with 7+ petals.
Ecological Information 8
Ethnobotanical Information 8
It is used as medicine for helping with stomach ache and diarrhea. The sap contains something called lactucarium which is medicinal.
Resources 7
www.minesotawild.flowers.info
www.plat.org
gobotany.newglandwild.org
About the Author 8
Student author(s)*: Karina (age 12) and Genesis (age 13) from South Valley Academy
*The entries in this field guide have been edited by Yerba Mansa Project staff to ensure that they contain quality, fact-checked content and standardized formatting.
Sources and Credits
- (c) Vlad Proklov, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), https://www.flickr.com/photos/evergestis/16312446424/
- (c) Marc Blanc, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://www.flickr.com/photos/flore-alpine/4705460925/
- (c) fabelfroh, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), https://www.flickr.com/photos/fabelfroh/2478732324/
- (c) Matt Lavin, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://www.flickr.com/photos/plant_diversity/35598331635/
- (c) Anthony Mendoza, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), https://www.flickr.com/photos/39039456@N07/4671743263/
- Adapted by caseynm from a work by (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lactuca_perennis
- Adapted by smiller33 from a work by (c) kristen_himm, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)
- (c) smiller33, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)
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iNat Map
| Color | purple |
|---|---|
| Type | herb |
| Uses | medicinal |
